Fun taking pictures....

People say Brenna looks like me...now I believe them!

How funny is Charlie all sneaking in this picture! I thought it was perfect.

ohhhh! So handsome!

eliza...

eliza's silly face...

soccer....

Eliza has taken a soccer class at the Rec center for the last couple of months and she LOVES it. Everyday she wants to know if she gets to go to preschool, dance, or soccer. She just likes being busy. I have no idea where she gets that quality!

She was the only girl in the class and it didn't bother her one bit.

The greatest thing about 4 year old soccer....just pick a ball....any ball!

halloween parade at school...

Emma Grace with her teacher, Ms. Brycen.

Emma Grace with Anika. These two are inseperable! They are so funny together and seem to have the exact same sense of humor. They never stop laughing!! As soon as they see each other they start getting goofy.

Emma Grace with Sheridan. These two will alllwwwwaayyyys be friends. When they started talking, I think their first words were each others names.

Emma Grace and Courtney. Emma Grace adores Courtney. Peace out dude for good friends!

friends over for breakfast...

Occasionally a few friends show up for breakfast around here! Apparently Eliza thought these friends would enjoy some "Oh's" cereal. I had to take a picture of all of them hanging onto her bowl.
This is the morning after Halloween and these are the cute little friends that the "Great Pumpkin" left for Eliza in place of her halloween candy.

halloween fun!

Here are all of the cute trick or treaters on their way out to harrass the neighbors. On the left are two of our cute neighbor friends. I was hoping to get a picture of more of the kids on our street, but I was too late. Lauren and Rachel are the pirates. Eliza{witch}, Emma Grace{cowgirl}, Brenna{home depot employee}, Charlie{vampire}.

Eliza was way too excited to look at the camera or wear her witch hat for that matter. Why is it that we even bother buying hats to go with costumes...they don't wear them.

The Gallman family in our neighborhood have a cotton candy machine every Halloween. They live in one of the cul-de-sacs. Needless to say it ends up being a party over there.

After some trick-or-treating, we went to the Stapley's for a little more Halloween partying. Todd tried on one of the teenagers wigs and Charlie thought it was pretty cool.
Because Halloween really is all about eating more sugar than you really should in an entire year, we enjoyed yummy homemade donuts from Lori.

I hope Lori doesn't mind if I share the easy trick....you just use canned biscuits, cut a hole in the middle, fry them and dip them in powdered sugar or cinnamon/sugar. Brenna and Madison were in charge of the sugar part!

I've never tried them before and unfortunately they are really good. So now I'm having a harder time passing by the canned biscuit section of the grocery store. Maybe it will have to be a FHE treat someday soon.

And then Brenna's annual tradition of sorting into very specific piles begins. Madison came over to help. Madison is missing part of her costume in this picture but she is a spider web. She had a giant spider on her shoulder. It was so cute!

On the way home, Todd and Eliza got separated from the rest of us. Todd was feeling like a bit of a kid again I guess because they continued to trick or treat. Eliza sat in the stroller just like this and Todd wheeled her up to the door where people just dumped candy onto the pile. Todd and Eliza both were pretty proud of their accomplishment.